These Are The Opening Lyrics On Arctic Monkeys' New Album

Arctic Monkeys have revealed the first words uttered on their sixth studio album, and they include a Strokes namecheck.

As reported by NME, speaking in the latest issue of MOJO magazine - which is released on Tuesday (24 April) - it is confirmed that the opening lines of the first track on their Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino album, Star Treatment, sees Turner sing: “I just wanted to be one of The Strokes, now look at the mess you made me make / Hitchhiking with a monogrammed suitcase, miles away from any half-useful imaginary highway."

When asked about mentioning the New York indie rockers, Turner mused: “Did The Strokes line feel too close to home? Yeah, absolutely. But you can’t let that stop you. That whole thing of ‘Oh my God, what they gonna think this means? You can’t really work like that.”

See the official trailer for their sixth studio effort here:

Meanwhile, the Sheffield outfit revealed the new record, which is set for release on set for release on 11 May 2018, will be less guitar-based- with most of its tracks penned on the piano.

Guitarist Jamie Cook revealed: "It’s not definitely not a guitar-heavy record, not typically what we’d do. It took a lot more thinking about.”

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